Muron

Charente-Maritime · CA Rochefort Océan · INSEE 17253

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Muron (INSEE 17253) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CA Rochefort Océan. Population 1,378 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/17253-muron

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 12,200 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.55
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PLAISIR DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES POULETS MAIA · LE PUITS FLEURI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MURON). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-LISE GILLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MURON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (FLO CREA'TIFF · L'EFFET MIROIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE PLAISIR DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LES POULETS MAIA · LE PUITS FLEURI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MURON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANNE-LISE GILLE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MURON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	FLO CREA'TIFF · L'EFFET MIROIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 719 2023: 1,378 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,257 (2012) → 1,378 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,017 (1990) → 1,378 (2023): 35.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 659, of which 4.7 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km SFood shop — 5.5 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Muron): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Devise): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Muron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Muron): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Muron): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 6

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 9.8 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 16.2 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MURON, 3.5 km away at 11 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2022-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f05d583c-ee59-381d-b288-e0d61c6c2271— “Marché de Muron”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17457
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villereversure	01	480 km E	1,420	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Victurnien	87	144 km E	1,774	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx	40	275 km S	1,808	41	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Flavignac	87	153 km E	1,058	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Dignac	16	101 km SE	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Labatut	40	277 km S	1,430	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dignac	16	101 km SE	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Victurnien	87	144 km E	1,774	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Flavignac	87	153 km E	1,058	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Martin-de-Hinx	40	275 km S	1,808	41	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Labatut	40	277 km S	1,430	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %
Villereversure	01	480 km E	1,420	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Muron's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	86 km SE	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Mazières-en-Gâtine	79	68 km NE	1,047	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Régnié-Durette	69	422 km E	1,151	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ayron	86	98 km NE	1,085	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sagy	71	475 km E	1,249	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Coteaux-du-Blanzacais	16	91 km SE	1,013	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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